Here is some possitive news from VC Circle.
“The ongoing recovery in the economy and credit markets has made tech companies look for ways to come out on top.
The U.S. information technology services sector is likely to be a focus of merger and acquisition activity as its companies are among the most attractive in the technology [...]
Archive for October, 2009
IT Services In Sweet Spot As M&A Gathers Steam
Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Business models, Distressed IP, Gerbsman Partners, Intellectual capital, Investments, Market research, Strategy, Venture Capital, tagged boic, crisis management, Date Certain M&A, Financing, Gerbsman Partners, mergers, tech mergers, VC funding on October 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Worsening job picture fuels slide in confidence
Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Economy, tagged boic, Date Certain M&A, Gerbsman Partners, Jobs, The Conference Board on October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here is some job news from Yahoo Finance.
CHICAGO (AP) — Consumers’ confidence about the U.S. economy fell unexpectedly in October as job prospects remained bleak, a private research group said Tuesday, fueling speculation that an already gloomy holiday shopping forecast could worsen.
The Consumer Confidence Index, released by The Conference Board, sank unexpectedly to 47.7 in [...]
State’s auto industry plugs in to the future
Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Technology, tagged boic, Date Certain M&A, fisker, Gerbsman Partners on October 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a cleantech story by way of Delaware Online.
Working-class Delaware came out in force Tuesday to celebrate Fisker Automotive’s plans to buy the vacant Boxwood Road plant near Newport and return the state to the business of building cars, potentially creating thousands of jobs in the process.
In front of hundreds of auto workers — [...]
S&P 500 Overvalued by 40%, Set to Fall, Smithers Says
Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Economy, Market research, Uncategorized, tagged boic, Date Certain M&A, Date certain mergers and aquisitions, Gerbsman Partners, market analysis, Robert Tillman, Smithers & Co, Standard & Poor’s 500 Index on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here is some market observations from Bloomberg.
“Oct. 26 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Standard & Poor’s 500 Index is about 40 percent overvalued and headed for a drop as central banks pull back on securities purchases that pushed up asset prices, according to economist Andrew Smithers.
Declines are likely because banks will need to sell more shares [...]
Microsoft buys systems management start-up for $60M
Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Business models, Economy, Investments, Market research, Microsoft, tagged BMC software, boic, Gerbsman Partners, hp, MSFT, opalis, Opalis spoftware inc, Openview, Optinuity, RealOps on October 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Here is some tidbits around MSFT aquistion of Opalis Software Inc. from Computer World.
“Microsoft Corp. has acquired systems management vendor Opalis Software Inc. for about $60 million, according to an analyst report.
Brenon Daly, an analyst at The 451 Group, blogged earlier this week about the deal, citing unnamed financial and industry sources.
The VC-backed Mississauga, Ontario, [...]
